The Guinness World Record Rules meant for Afua Asantewaa O. Aduonum to follow during her Longest Singing Marathon (Sing-a-thon) are stated clearly and explained in this article for you our supportive and great readers.
While Ghanaian students are making it big in the 2023 WASSCE as the provisional results and statistics released by WAEC show, a Ghanaian journalist, Afua Asantewaa O. Aduonum, who tried to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Singing Marathon is a wife and mother of three.
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Before Afua could begin the record-breaking event, she was given rules or guidelines by the Guinness World Record (GWR). She was given the rules according to her proposal.
At GWR, if anyone the interested in applying for the attempt, its team will go through to scrutinize the application to possibilities whether it can happen.
However, if an application either to break a record or set a new one does not have it in the list of GWR, the company may reject it. This means that if GWR sees the record one wants to break or set is valid, it will accept it.
In the case of Ghanaian Asantewaa, she wanted to break the record of the Longest Singing Marathon (singathon) of an Indian individual who sang for 105 hours. She also set her record by doing 126 hours and 52 minutes.
In this article, as we already mentioned in the introduction are the rules that you are going to as they may be used for anyone who wishes to try the same event to break the current record.
1. Applications for this record title are granted to applicants who are 16 years or older. This means that any applicant who is below the age of 16 will not be accepted if he/she applies for this record title.
2. The songs sung throughout the attempt must be recognisable and performed to a reasonable standard. This is at the discretion of the Guinness World Records.
(3) Singing must be continuous with only brief pauses of not more than 30 seconds allowed between songs. This means that even as one is allowed to pause, she must not do so for more than 30 seconds.
With this guideline, Afua was expected to take a brief breath while still singing. She was also expected not to pause more than 30 seconds between songs.
4. Each piece of music performed must last for at least two minutes. This means that any single song that is being sung should not last below two minutes.
It must be sung for 2 minutes and above before switching to another song. If a song lasts for less than two minutes, there are consequences to the attempt.
5. No piece of music may be repeated in performance within four hours. Songs can only repeated after 4 hours.
According to rule five (5) of GWR for Afua, she was supposed to repeat a song only after four (4) hours. If a song is repeated before/within this stipulated time, the rule will be applied.
6. Applicant is permitted to take a five-minute break every hour or 20-minute breaks after four hours.
This means if the applicant sees the need to take breaks, she must do that every hour with a maximum break time of five (5) minutes. When she needed a long break, she could only take twenty (20) minutes break after four (4) hours.
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7. Improvisation or jamming is not allowed. This means that using different methods to project her voice without involving her voice is prohibited.
Dancing impromptu to songs while attempting the record is not allowed. She was supposed not to make locomotor or non-locomotor movements to songs.
8. Applicants may be accompanied or not accompanied. If accompanied, no musician may play for more than four hours, after which they must take a break of a least four hours.
This means that the applicant may be supported by anyone/musician for a maximum time of four (4) hours. In this case, they must take a break of at least four (4) hours.
9. After the attempt, a playlist of all tunes performed must be maintained and submitted with the claim.
This means all hours the attempt has lasted must be recorded and submitted with claims. These claims are the evidence that an applicant has attempted to break or set a record for GWR.
In this regard, the video recording of the attempt, and reports from the auditor(s), timekeeper (s), medical team, etc. must be submitted for review.
According to the applicant’s wishes to get her record declared rejected or approved, she can apply for Priority Evidence Review.
With this option, the applicant must pay some fee for the review within five (5) working days.
However, if the applicant cannot afford such a fee, she must wait for 12 weeks for the record’s evidence to be reviewed and declared.
In this case, if another applicant applies for the same record title and chooses Priority Application Review to get the application accepted, he/she may break the record before the previous applicant’s evidence is reviewed.
Afua Asantewaa did well by breaking the current record of 105 hours and setting her own record amassing 126 hours and 52 minutes.
Source: BBC PULSE